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Jackie Robinson - Wikipedia
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Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Robinson, Part I, Episode 1
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Coming to Red Sox changed David Ortiz's career, and he changed course of history for franchise - The Boston Globe
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America should be marking a baseball milestone. Instead it's a nation struggling without its national pastime - ABC News
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Mota recalls the greatness of Clemente
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Clyde Sukeforth, the man who discovered Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente, is the Forrest Gump of baseball - ESPN
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Summer of '49 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics): Halberstam, David: 9780060884260: : Books
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The Breakthrough: In May 1947 Jackie Robinson proved he belonged in the bigs - Sports Illustrated
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Beyond 42 - BallNine